Vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method and device

Through the voice interaction function of the automotive central control system, user voice commands are analyzed and control commands are generated, which solves the problems of inconvenient operation of the on-board coffee machine and cumbersome parameter input, and realizes automatic heating and constant brewing operations, improving user experience and operation efficiency.

CN119493391AActive Publication Date: 2025-02-21GUANGZHOU LINGUANG ELECTRIC MASCH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202510072614.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Filing Date
2025-01-17
Publication Date
2025-02-21
Estimated Expiration
2045-01-17

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Technical Problem

The existing on-board coffee machine is inconvenient to operate during the car operation, which may cause the vehicle to drive dangerously. The coffee production parameters are cumbersome and the time is long, so it is impossible to quickly obtain the required coffee.

Method used

Through the voice interaction function of the automotive central control system, the keywords in the user's voice command are analyzed, the corresponding control commands are generated and sent to the on-board coffee machine, which realizes automatic heating and constant brewing operations and simplifies user operations.

Benefits of technology

Improve user interaction experience, simplify coffee machine operation, avoid dangerous driving caused by operating coffee machine during driving, save time, and enable users to get the coffee they need faster.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method and device, and belongs to the field of voice interaction control, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining user voice instruction information through an automobile central control system, and analyzing the user voice instruction information to obtain keywords; generating a control instruction according to the keyword and sending the control instruction to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; acquiring state information of a vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and displaying coffee making indication information on an interactive interface of an automobile central control system according to the state information; generating first voice interaction data according to the state information and outputting the first voice interaction data; and determining coffee type information and coffee milk candy information based on the user interaction operation, and sending the information to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine. When the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the first control instruction, water heating operation is executed, and coffee type information and coffee milk candy information wait to be received. The user interaction experience can be improved.
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Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of in-vehicle coffee machine technology, and in particular to a control method and device for an in-vehicle coffee machine. Background Technology

[0002] With cars becoming a common mode of transportation, equipping them with coffee machines will become a possibility. Current technology typically uses steam heating. However, most existing coffee machines use steam boilers to heat coffee, which presents several problems that need to be addressed: insufficient steam heating, steam ejection from the brewing head, machine noise, and slow extraction flow rates, which may be caused by too much coffee grounds, excessive pressure, or a finely ground coffee; conversely, excessively fast extraction flow rates may be caused by too little coffee grounds, insufficient pressure, a coarsely ground coffee, or uneven steam distribution from the steam wand.

[0003] While the car is in motion, it's inconvenient for the driver to operate the in-car coffee machine. Furthermore, making coffee to one's liking requires inputting numerous parameters, making the process too cumbersome and potentially dangerous. Additionally, selecting the correct operating parameters takes a considerable amount of time, preventing the coffee from being prepared quickly. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. To this end, this invention proposes a control method and device for a vehicle-mounted coffee machine, which can improve the user interaction experience, enhance the technical performance of the coffee machine, and improve the taste and quality of brewed coffee.

[0005] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling an in-vehicle coffee machine, comprising the following steps: S100, acquiring user voice command information through a vehicle central control system, and analyzing the user voice command information to obtain keywords; the keywords include coffee keywords, coffee type keywords, and coffee / candy keywords; S200, when the user voice command information includes coffee keywords but does not include coffee type keywords and coffee / candy keywords, generating a first control command and sending it to the in-vehicle coffee machine; acquiring the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine, displaying coffee making instructions on the interactive interface of the vehicle central control system according to the status information; generating and outputting first voice interaction data according to the status information; determining coffee type information and coffee / candy information based on user interaction operations and sending them to the in-vehicle coffee machine; S300, when the user voice command information includes coffee type keywords but does not include coffee / candy keywords, generating a second control command according to the coffee type keywords and sending it to the in-vehicle coffee machine. The system acquires the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine and displays coffee making instructions on the vehicle's central control system interface based on the status information. It also generates and outputs second voice interaction data based on the status information. Based on the user's interaction, it determines the coffee type and coffee / milk / sugar information and sends them to the in-vehicle coffee machine. S400: When the user's voice instruction includes coffee type keywords and coffee / milk / sugar keywords, it generates a third control instruction based on these keywords and sends it to the in-vehicle coffee machine. S500: When the in-vehicle coffee machine receives the first control instruction, it performs a water heating operation and waits to receive the coffee type and coffee / milk / sugar information. When the in-vehicle coffee machine receives the second control instruction, it performs a water heating operation and determines whether to perform a milk foam heating operation based on the second control instruction, and waits to receive the coffee / milk / sugar information. When the in-vehicle coffee machine receives the third control instruction, it determines the coffee type and coffee / milk / sugar information based on the third control instruction.

[0006] According to some embodiments of the present invention, the method further includes: S600, after the vehicle-mounted coffee machine starts heating water, controlling the water pump to inject water from the water tank into the microwave heating water chamber based on preset water volume information; controlling the microwave magnetron to heat the microwave heating water chamber based on the preset brewing temperature, and measuring the temperature through a temperature sensor, and continuing the heating operation until the temperature reaches the preset brewing temperature.

[0007] According to some embodiments of the present invention, the method includes: S700, after the vehicle-mounted coffee machine completes the water heating operation and determines the coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information, controlling the water pump to start a constant brewing control operation, the constant brewing control operation includes: after the water pump performs a single-step water injection operation, measuring the water injection flow rate; when the water injection flow rate is greater than the maximum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to reduce the water injection flow rate; when the water injection flow rate is less than the minimum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to increase the water injection flow rate.

[0008] According to some embodiments of the present invention, the method includes: S800, analyzing brewing history data, analyzing constant brewing control operation history data for different coffee types, obtaining water pump operating status data when a constant water flow rate is reached, clustering the water pump operating status data, obtaining and removing outliers, and obtaining standard water pump operating status data corresponding to different coffee types; the coffee type data includes coffee variety and grind size; when the constant brewing control operation begins, setting the initial operating state of the water pump according to the standard water pump operating status data.

[0009] According to some embodiments of the present invention, step S200 includes: S210, determining the remaining quantity of capsule coffee, the remaining types of capsule coffee, the remaining amount of milk, and the remaining amount of sugar based on the status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; determining the types of coffee that can be made based on the status information and displaying them on the interactive interface; generating first voice interaction data based on the types of coffee that can be made; S220, determining coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information based on user interaction voice data or user interaction interface operation, wherein the coffee type information includes coffee type and capsule coffee type.

[0010] According to some embodiments of the present invention, step S300 includes: S310, determining whether milk foam is needed based on coffee type keywords, and generating a second control command based on whether milk foam is needed; S320, acquiring the status information of the vehicle coffee machine, checking the remaining milk amount or remaining sugar amount in the status information based on coffee type keywords; when the remaining milk amount or remaining sugar amount is insufficient, returning a prompt message and sending a pause command to the vehicle coffee machine, and ending the current coffee making process; S330, determining the remaining milk amount and remaining sugar amount based on the status information of the vehicle coffee machine and displaying them on the interactive interface; S340, determining the coffee milk and sugar information based on user interactive voice data or user interactive interface operations.

[0011] According to some embodiments of the present invention, step S400 includes: S410, obtaining the status information of the vehicle coffee machine, checking the remaining milk amount or remaining sugar amount in the status information according to the coffee type keyword and the coffee milk sugar keyword; when the capsule coffee type, remaining milk amount or remaining sugar amount is insufficient, returning a prompt message and sending a pause operation command to the vehicle coffee machine, and ending the current coffee making process; S420, generating a third control command according to the coffee type keyword and the coffee milk keyword and sending it to the vehicle coffee machine.

[0012] The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method of this invention includes at least the following beneficial effects: (1) Voice interaction is performed through the vehicle central control platform, and the status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine is displayed on the central control platform interface, which makes it more convenient to operate the coffee machine and avoids dangerous driving caused by operating the coffee machine during driving; (2) By classifying the user's voice information by keywords, it is not necessary to input the complete coffee making information at once. The user is guided to select the specific coffee making information through voice interaction and querying the coffee machine status; (3) The coffee making process can be started without obtaining the complete coffee making operation information, saving time and allowing the user to get the coffee they need faster; (4) The vehicle-mounted coffee machine adopts an intelligent control program to realize intelligent coffee brewing and avoid the tedious and complicated manual operation; (5) The vehicle-mounted coffee machine adopts a constant temperature control water temperature method to ensure the quality of coffee brewing; (6) The vehicle-mounted coffee machine adopts a constant hot water flow into the coffee cup control method. By controlling the flow rate, the hot water is kept at a constant flow rate to extract coffee, avoiding the quality of coffee extraction caused by unstable flow rate due to too much or too little coffee powder, too much or too little filling pressure, or too fine or too coarse coffee powder; (7) The car coffee machine uses microwave heating mode to replace the traditional coffee machine steam boiler heating, saving energy; (8) The car coffee machine uses microwave heating mode, which heats up quickly and avoids excessive steam flow affecting the air quality in the car cabin; (9) The brewing history data is analyzed to determine the water pump working status corresponding to different types of coffee. The influence of different grind sizes on the water injection flow rate is considered. By setting the initial water pump working status, the frequent adjustment of water flow rate during the extraction process is avoided.

[0013] Another embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device, comprising: a vehicle central control system and a vehicle-mounted coffee machine, wherein the vehicle central control system and the vehicle-mounted coffee machine are communicatively connected; the vehicle-mounted coffee machine includes: an ARM central processing unit, a data storage device, a microwave heating module, a microwave heating water tank, a temperature sensor, a coffee cup, an interaction module, and a CAN bus interface; the ARM central processing unit is used to control the operation of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; the data storage device is used to store the operating data of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; the microwave heating module is used to microwave heat the water in the microwave heating water tank; the temperature sensor is used to detect the temperature of the microwave heating water tank and feed it back to the ARM central processing unit; the interaction module is used to control the operating status of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine through human-machine interaction and display the operating status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; the CAN bus interface is connected to the vehicle central control system and is used to control the operating status of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

[0014] According to some embodiments of the present invention, the microwave heating module includes: a microwave control module, a power drive circuit, a current transformer, and a microwave magnetron; the microwave control module is used to control the power drive circuit to turn on and off, and to input a control signal into the current transformer and transmit current to the microwave magnetron to achieve heating.

[0015] According to some embodiments of the present invention, the interactive module includes: control buttons, electrically connected to the ARM central processing unit, for controlling the working status of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; and a TFT display screen, electrically connected to the ARM central processing unit, for displaying the working status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

[0016] The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device of this invention has at least the following beneficial effects: the vehicle-mounted coffee machine adopts a microwave heating mode to replace the traditional coffee machine steam boiler heating, saving energy; the vehicle-mounted coffee machine adopts a microwave heating mode, which heats up quickly and avoids excessive steam outflow affecting the air quality in the car cabin.

[0017] Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. Attached Figure Description

[0018] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily understood from the description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

[0019] Figure 1 This is a flowchart illustrating the vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method provided by the present invention.

[0020] Figure 2 This is an electrical schematic diagram of a vehicle-mounted coffee machine, which is part of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the intelligent brewing operation principle of the coffee machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0022] Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below. Examples of these embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

[0023] In the description of this invention, "several" means one or more, "multiple" means two or more, "greater than," "less than," and "exceeding" are understood to exclude the stated number, while "above," "below," and "within" are understood to include the stated number. The use of "first" and "second" in the description is merely for distinguishing technical features and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features, or implicitly indicating the order of the indicated technical features.

[0024] How a capsule coffee machine works: The user inserts a coffee capsule into the machine's designated slot. Water heating: An internal heater heats the water in the tank to a suitable temperature (usually around 92°C). High-pressure extraction: A pressurized water pump pressurizes the hot water and injects it into the capsule through a needle hole at the bottom. The high-pressure water flows into the coffee grounds, extracting the coffee. This process typically involves building pressure inside the capsule until the foil seal breaks, allowing the coffee to flow out. Enjoying the coffee: The extracted coffee is poured directly into a cup or other container, and the user can then enjoy fresh coffee.

[0025] Most existing coffee machines use steam boilers to heat coffee, which presents several problems that need to be addressed: the coffee is not heated properly by steam, the brewing head spews steam, and the machine makes noise. If the coffee flow rate is too slow during extraction, it may be due to too much coffee grounds, too high a pressure, or coffee grounds that are too fine. If the coffee flow rate is too fast during extraction, it may be due to too little coffee grounds, too low a pressure, coffee grounds that are too coarse, or uneven steam discharge from the steam wand.

[0026] While the car is in motion, it's inconvenient for the driver to operate the in-car coffee machine. Furthermore, making coffee to one's liking requires inputting numerous parameters, making the process too cumbersome and potentially dangerous. Additionally, selecting the correct operating parameters takes a considerable amount of time, preventing the coffee from being prepared quickly.

[0027] This invention connects a car coffee machine to the vehicle's central control system, utilizing the system's voice interaction function to control the machine. Since voice input requires specific coffee preparation information, such as coffee type and sugar content, typically the user needs to input all information via voice before the machine can start. This invention analyzes keywords, categorizing them into coffee keywords, coffee type keywords, and coffee / sugar keywords. When the user's voice command only includes the "coffee" keyword, the machine immediately starts heating water and waits for the specific coffee type and sugar content. This saves time; while the user selects the coffee type and sugar content, the machine has already begun heating water. Furthermore, the vehicle's central control system simultaneously acquires the machine's status information and guides the user through voice and the interactive interface, providing a better user experience.

[0028] This invention provides a vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device. It stores the vehicle-mounted coffee machine's operating data, including brewing data for controlling coffee brewing, in a data storage device. An ARM central processing unit controls the vehicle-mounted coffee machine's operation, reading brewing data from the data storage device to control the brewing process. A microwave heating module heats water in a microwave-heated water tank. A temperature sensor detects the temperature of the microwave-heated water tank and feeds it back to the ARM central processing unit for controlling the heating operation. An interactive module enables human-machine interaction, controlling the vehicle-mounted coffee machine's operating status and displaying its status information. Finally, it connects to the vehicle's central control system via a CAN bus interface to control the vehicle-mounted coffee machine's operating status.

[0029] In one embodiment, the microwave heating module of this invention includes: a microwave control module, a power drive circuit, a current transformer, and a microwave magnetron. The microwave control module is used to control the power drive circuit to turn on and off, and to input control signals to the current transformer to transmit current to the microwave magnetron for heating.

[0030] In one embodiment, the interactive module of this invention includes: control buttons, electrically connected to an ARM central processing unit, for controlling the operating status of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; and a TFT display screen, electrically connected to the ARM central processing unit, for displaying the operating status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

[0031] Reference Figure 2 In one specific embodiment, the vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device of the present invention comprises an ARM central processing unit, a data storage device, a microwave control module, a power drive circuit, a current transformer, a microwave magnetron, a temperature sensor, a coffee cup, a microwave heating water tank, a TFT display screen, control buttons, and a CAN bus interface.

[0032] Reference Figure 3 The coffee brewing principle of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device of this invention is as follows: It consists of a microwave heating water chamber, a microwave magnetron, a micro water pump, a water tank, and a coffee cup. A coffee capsule is installed on the top of the coffee cup; the micro water pump starts to pump clean water from the water tank into the microwave heating water chamber; the microwave magnetron is controlled to start working, heating the microwave heating water chamber to a temperature of 90~93°C; the optimal temperature for brewing coffee is 90~93°C hot water, which is then injected into the coffee capsule by the micro water pump; the hot water flows through the coffee capsule into the coffee cup, completing the coffee brewing process.

[0033] Reference Figure 1 The present invention provides a control method for the device of the present invention, comprising the following steps:

[0034] S100: Obtain user voice command information through the vehicle's central control system, and analyze the user voice command information to obtain keywords; the keywords include coffee keywords, coffee type keywords, and coffee milk candy keywords.

[0035] S200: When the user's voice command information includes coffee keywords but does not include coffee type keywords and coffee milk candy keywords, generate a first control command and send it to the in-vehicle coffee machine; obtain the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine, and display coffee making instruction information on the vehicle's central control system interactive interface according to the status information; generate and output the first voice interaction data according to the status information; determine the coffee type information and coffee milk candy information based on the user's interaction operation and send them to the in-vehicle coffee machine.

[0036] S300: When the user's voice command information includes coffee type keywords but does not include coffee milk candy keywords, generate a second control command based on the coffee type keywords and send it to the in-vehicle coffee machine; obtain the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine, display coffee making instructions on the vehicle's central control system interface based on the status information; generate and output second voice interaction data based on the status information; determine the coffee type information and coffee milk candy information based on the user's interaction operation and send them to the in-vehicle coffee machine.

[0037] S400: When the user's voice command information includes keywords for coffee type and keywords for coffee milk and sugar, a third control command is generated based on the keywords for coffee type and coffee milk and sent to the vehicle coffee machine.

[0038] S500: When the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the first control command, it performs the water heating operation and waits to receive coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information; when the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the second control command, it performs the water heating operation and determines whether to perform the milk foam heating operation according to the second control command, and waits to receive coffee milk sugar information; when the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the third control command, it determines the coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information according to the third control command.

[0039] In one specific embodiment, the vehicle's central control system receives the user's voice command: "Make a cup of coffee." The system analyzes and recognizes that the voice command contains the keyword "coffee," but not keywords related to coffee type or coffee / sugar. After recognizing the "coffee" keyword, a first control command is sent to the in-vehicle coffee machine, instructing it to begin water dispensing and heating while awaiting information on the coffee type and sugar. Simultaneously, the system obtains the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine and determines whether it can make a coffee type requiring milk, such as a latte, based on the remaining milk amount. Based on the current status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine, it generates the types of coffee that can be made and generates corresponding voice interaction data: "Please select a coffee type, for example: [coffee name]." The types of coffee that can be made are displayed on the interactive interface of the vehicle's central control system. By receiving the user's voice message "Latte" or by clicking "Latte" on the interactive interface, the coffee type information is confirmed, and a second control command is sent to the in-vehicle coffee machine, which begins heating the milk. The interactive interface displays coffee / sugar selection information, including specific parameters for making milk foam, and the coffee / sugar information is confirmed based on the user's operation. Once the in-vehicle coffee machine has completed the water heating process and confirmed the coffee type and milk / sugar information, it begins a constant water pouring process to produce the coffee the user needs.

[0040] In some embodiments, the method of the present invention includes: S600, after the vehicle-mounted coffee machine starts heating water, controlling the water pump to inject water from the water tank into the microwave heating water chamber based on preset water volume information; controlling the microwave magnetron to heat the microwave heating water chamber based on the preset brewing temperature, and measuring the temperature through a temperature sensor, and continuing the heating operation until the temperature reaches the preset brewing temperature.

[0041] In some embodiments, the method of the present invention includes: S700, after the vehicle-mounted coffee machine completes the water heating operation and determines the coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information, it controls the water pump to start a constant brewing control operation. The constant brewing control operation includes: after the water pump performs a single-step water injection operation, measuring the water injection flow rate; when the water injection flow rate is greater than the maximum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to reduce the water injection flow rate; when the water injection flow rate is less than the minimum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to increase the water injection flow rate.

[0042] In some embodiments, the method of this invention includes: S800, analyzing historical brewing data, analyzing historical data of constant brewing control operations for different coffee types, obtaining water pump operating status data when a constant water flow rate is achieved, clustering the water pump operating status data, obtaining and removing outliers, and obtaining standard water pump operating status data corresponding to different coffee types; the coffee type data includes coffee variety and grind size; when starting the constant brewing control operation, setting the initial operating state of the water pump according to the standard water pump operating status data. This embodiment can determine the pressure required to achieve the desired water flow rate for different coffee varieties and grind sizes based on the analysis of historical data, thus reducing the time required to adjust the water flow rate.

[0043] In some embodiments of the present invention, step S200 includes:

[0044] S210. Determine the remaining quantity of capsule coffee, the remaining types of capsule coffee, the remaining amount of milk, and the remaining amount of sugar based on the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine. Determine the types of coffee that can be made based on the status information and display them on the interactive interface. Generate the first voice interaction data based on the types of coffee that can be made.

[0045] S220. Based on user interaction voice data or user interaction interface operation, determine coffee type information and coffee milk candy information. Coffee type information includes coffee type and capsule coffee type.

[0046] In some embodiments of the present invention, step S300 includes:

[0047] S310. Determine whether milk foam is needed based on coffee type keywords, and generate a second control instruction based on whether milk foam is needed.

[0048] S320: Obtain the status information of the car coffee machine, check the remaining milk or sugar amount in the status information according to the coffee type keyword; when the remaining milk or sugar amount is insufficient, return a prompt message and send a pause command to the car coffee machine, and end the current coffee making process.

[0049] S330: Determine the remaining milk and sugar levels based on the status information of the onboard coffee machine and display them on the interactive interface.

[0050] S340: Determine coffee and milk sugar information based on user interaction voice data or user interaction interface operation.

[0051] In some embodiments of the present invention, step S400 includes:

[0052] S410: Obtain the status information of the car coffee machine, and check the remaining milk or sugar amount in the status information based on the coffee type keyword and coffee milk sugar keyword; when the capsule coffee type, remaining milk amount or remaining sugar amount is insufficient, return a prompt message and send a pause work command to the car coffee machine, and end the current coffee making process.

[0053] S420: Generate a third control command based on coffee type keywords and coffee milk keywords and send it to the vehicle coffee machine.

[0054] The control method of this invention achieves the following: (1) Voice interaction is performed through the car central control platform, and the status information of the in-vehicle coffee machine is displayed on the central control platform interface, which makes it more convenient to operate the coffee machine and avoids dangerous driving caused by operating the coffee machine during driving; (2) By classifying the keywords of the user's voice information, it is not necessary to input the complete coffee making information at once. The user is guided to select the specific coffee making information through voice interaction and querying the coffee machine status; (3) The coffee making process can be started without obtaining the complete coffee making operation information, saving time and allowing the user to get the coffee they need faster; (4) The in-vehicle coffee machine adopts an intelligent control program to realize intelligent coffee brewing and avoid the tedious and complicated manual operation; (5) The in-vehicle coffee machine adopts a constant temperature control water temperature method to ensure the quality of coffee brewing; (6) The in-vehicle coffee machine adopts a constant hot water flow into the coffee cup control method. By controlling the flow rate, the hot water is kept at a constant flow rate to extract coffee, avoiding the quality of coffee extraction caused by unstable flow rate due to too much or too little coffee powder, too much or too little filling pressure, or too fine or too coarse coffee powder; (7) The car coffee machine uses microwave heating mode to replace the traditional coffee machine steam boiler heating, saving energy; (8) The car coffee machine uses microwave heating mode, which heats up quickly and avoids excessive steam flow affecting the air quality in the car cabin; (9) The brewing history data is analyzed to determine the water pump working status corresponding to different types of coffee. The influence of different grind sizes on the water injection flow rate is considered. By setting the initial water pump working status, the frequent adjustment of water flow rate during the extraction process is avoided.

[0055] Although specific embodiments are described herein, those skilled in the art will recognize that many other modifications or alternative embodiments are also within the scope of this disclosure. For example, any of the functions and / or processing capabilities described in connection with a particular device or component can be performed by any other device or component. Furthermore, while various exemplary embodiments and architectures have been described according to embodiments of this disclosure, those skilled in the art will recognize that many other modifications to the exemplary embodiments and architectures described herein are also within the scope of this disclosure.

[0056] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or some of the steps and systems in the methods disclosed above can be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof. Some or all of the physical components can be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, digital signal processor, or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application-specific integrated circuit. Such software can be distributed on a computer-readable medium, which can include computer storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transient media). As is known to those skilled in the art, the term computer storage media includes volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storing information (such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data). Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technologies, CD-ROM, digital versatile disc (DVD) or other optical disc storage, magnetic cartridges, magnetic tape, disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired information and is accessible to a computer. Furthermore, as is known to those skilled in the art, communication media typically contain computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in modulated data signals such as carrier waves or other transmission mechanisms, and may include any information delivery medium.

[0057] The above is a detailed description of the preferred embodiments of this application. However, this application is not limited to the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art can make various equivalent modifications or substitutions without departing from the spirit of this application. All such equivalent modifications or substitutions are included within the scope defined by the claims of this application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a vehicle-mounted coffee machine, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S100, obtaining user voice command information through the automobile central control system, analyzing the user voice command information to obtain keywords; the keywords include coffee keywords, coffee type keywords, and coffee milk candy keywords; S200, when the user voice command information includes the coffee keyword but does not include the coffee type keyword and the coffee candy keyword, generate a first control instruction and send it to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; obtain status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and display coffee making instruction information on the interactive interface of the automobile central control system according to the status information; and generate and output first voice interaction data according to the status information; determine the coffee type information and the coffee candy information based on the user interaction operation and send them to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; S300: when the user voice command information includes a coffee type keyword but does not include a coffee, milk and sugar keyword, generating a second control instruction according to the coffee type keyword and sending it to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; obtaining status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and displaying coffee making instruction information on the interactive interface of the vehicle central control system according to the status information; and generating and outputting second voice interaction data according to the status information; Determine coffee type information and coffee milk sugar information based on user interaction and send them to the in-vehicle coffee machine; S400: when the user voice command information includes a coffee type keyword and a coffee milk candy keyword, generate a third control command according to the coffee type keyword and the coffee milk keyword and send the command to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; S500. When the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the first control instruction, it performs the water heating operation and waits for receiving the coffee type information and the coffee milk and candy information; when the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the second control instruction, it performs the water heating operation and determines whether to perform the milk foam heating operation according to the second control instruction, and waits for receiving the coffee milk and candy information; when the vehicle-mounted coffee machine receives the third control instruction, it determines the coffee type information and the coffee milk and candy information according to the third control instruction.

2. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method comprises: S600: After the vehicle-mounted coffee machine starts heating water, the water pump is controlled to inject water from the water tank into the microwave heating water chamber based on the preset water volume information; the microwave magnetron is controlled to heat the microwave heating water chamber based on the preset brewing temperature, and the temperature is measured by the temperature sensor, and the heating operation is continued until the temperature reaches the preset brewing temperature.

3. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The method comprises: S700, after the vehicle-mounted coffee machine completes the water heating operation and determines the coffee type information and the coffee toffee information, it controls the water pump to start the constant brewing control operation, and the constant brewing control operation includes: after the water pump injects water in a single step, measuring the water injection flow rate, when the water injection flow rate is greater than the maximum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to reduce the water injection flow rate, and when the water injection flow rate is less than the minimum water injection flow rate threshold, controlling the water pump to increase the water injection flow rate.

4. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 3, characterized in that: The method comprises: S800, analyzing brewing history data, analyzing constant brewing control operation history data of different coffee types, obtaining water pump working state data when a constant water injection flow rate is reached, clustering the water pump working state data, obtaining and removing outliers, and obtaining standard water pump working state data corresponding to different coffee types; the coffee type data includes coffee variety and grinding degree; When the constant brewing control operation is started, the initial working state of the water pump is set according to the standard water pump working state data.

5. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step S200 includes: S210, determining the remaining number of capsule coffees, the remaining types of capsule coffees, the remaining amount of milk, and the remaining amount of sugar according to the status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, determining the types of coffees that can be made according to the status information, and displaying them on the interactive interface; and generating first voice interaction data according to the types of coffees that can be made; S220: Determine coffee type information and coffee candy information based on user interaction voice data or user interaction interface operation, where the coffee type information includes coffee type and capsule coffee type.

6. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step S300 includes: S310, determining whether milk froth is needed according to the coffee type keyword, and generating a second control instruction according to whether milk froth is needed; S320, obtaining status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and checking the remaining amount of milk or sugar in the status information according to the coffee type keyword; when the remaining amount of milk or sugar is insufficient, returning a prompt message and sending a pause instruction to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and ending the current coffee making process; S330, determining the remaining amount of milk and the remaining amount of sugar according to the status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine and displaying them on the interactive interface; S340: Determine coffee and candy information based on user interaction voice data or user interaction interface operation.

7. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step S400 includes: S410, obtaining status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and checking the remaining amount of milk or remaining amount of sugar in the status information according to the coffee type keyword and the coffee milk sugar keyword; when the capsule coffee type, the remaining amount of milk or the remaining amount of sugar is insufficient, returning a prompt message and sending a pause instruction to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine, and ending the current coffee making process; S420: Generate a third control instruction according to the coffee type keyword and the coffee milk keyword and send it to the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

8. A vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device, used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: include: A car central control system and a car coffee machine, wherein the car central control system and the car coffee machine are in communication connection; The vehicle-mounted coffee machine comprises: an ARM central processor, a data storage device, a microwave heating module, a microwave heating water tank, a temperature sensor, a coffee cup, an interactive module and a CAN bus interface; The ARM central processor is used to control the operation of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; The data storage device is used to store the operation data of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; The microwave heating module is used to perform microwave heating operation on the water in the microwave heating water tank; The temperature sensor is used to detect the temperature of the microwave heating water tank and feed it back to the ARM central processor; The interaction module is used to control the working state of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine and display the working state information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine through human-computer interaction; The CAN bus interface is connected to the automobile central control system and is used to control the working state of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

9. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The microwave heating module comprises: a microwave control module, a power driving circuit, a current transformer and a microwave magnetron; The microwave control module is used to control the power drive circuit to start and stop working, and the control signal is input into the current transformer and transmitted to the microwave magnetron current to achieve heating.

10. The vehicle-mounted coffee machine control device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The interaction module includes: A control button, electrically connected to the ARM central processor, for controlling the working state of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine; The TFT display screen is electrically connected to the ARM central processor and is used to display the working status information of the vehicle-mounted coffee machine.

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